Selector-switch for automatic exchanges.



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SELECTOR SWITCH FOR AUTOMATIC EXCHANGES.

APPLICATION FILED 11.15, 1908.

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SELECTOR SWITCH FOR AUTOMATIC EXCHANGES.

APPLICATION FILED APB.15,1908.

1,1 10,492, Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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' -APPLIOATION FILED 11.15, 1908.

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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

WILLIAM KAISLING. or CHICAGO, ILLINOISIQ-ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

- KELLOGG SWITCHBOARD & SUPPLY COMPANY, A CORPORATION or rumors.-

-SELECTOR-SWITCH FOB- AUTOMATIC EXCHANGES.

7 Specification otlietters fatent. Patented Sept, 15, 1914,

Application filed April 15, i908. Serial No. 421,256. A 3

residing in Chicago, county of Cook, State.

of Illinois, haveinvente'd new and useful Improvements 'in Selector-Switches for Automatic Exchanges, -,of which the following is a specification.

My invention includes; a selector switch mechanism involving certain novel arrangements of parts, and also involves, to a cer-" tain extent, thecircuit arrangements in connection with which 'the mechanism is to be operated. r

My invention is directed toward a selector in which a plurality of groupsof contacts are included, with which traveling or wiper contacts are associated. In the operation of the selector, it is required to move the switch wipers a series of steps from group to group, each step causing the wipers to select a differeut group of contacts. It is then required to move the wipersstep byfstep to engage, with each step, a successive contact set of the previously Selected group. An important feature 'of the present invention'consists in this, that but a single magnet is employed for. adjusting the wipers to selecta group of contacts and to there'- after' select the desired contact set out of the group. The said magnet may be a driv-' ing magnet whose armature may be provided with an actuating pawl adapted to drive a ratchet wheel, for example, and in the preferred embodiment of'the invention, the armature of the said magnet is caused to make long strokes when performing its group selecting function, and to make short strokes when performing its contact-select ing function.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the contacts of the selector are arranged by groups in a circular contact; and switch wipers, which are preferably fastened to a rotary shaft which also carries a ratchet wheel associated with the driving pawl of the single magnet referred to, are preferably driven rotarily, each long step moving them from one between-grmip position to the next. Fori restoring the switch wipers to normal from any one of the selecting positions, additional short steps of the wipers are produced, which steps continue until one ermp'leterevolution is made,'when the switch will be at normal.

While I have shown my improved selector ;as arranged for rotary travel, it is to be un I 'derstood that the invention is not limited -in ;this respect, as other shapes'ofciintact banks may obviously be employedpnd it" is, of "course, within the scope of the invention that a rectilinear bank might be preferred,

in which case one of the Well-known spring or gravity releases would be employed 'to restore the switch when it*had passed over all its contacts. v

Another feature of the invention resides 11 p ii i iiift e' switch including the and its parts i p Furthernovelty is found in the mechanism which is employed to change the progression of the switch wipers from thelong Qstep travel to the short step travel. )In the specific arrangement of the driving magnet preferred. form of the invention, this is acgcomplished by means of an auxiliary magnet whose armature carries astop adapted to be moved into and out of the path of the driving pawl of the switch.- When thesa'id stopis out of the path, long steps of the switch wipers are produced by long strokes of the pawl and of the armature driving it.

\-Vi .on the stop is in the path of the drivmg pawl, short steps ofthe wipers are prod=uced because the stop limits each stroke of the driving pawl and of the ari'n'ature actuating said pawl. Of course it is ap parent that the stop referred to, instead of being placed in the path of the driving pawl who in its limiting position, may equally well e arranged to be placed in the path of the armature itself.

Other possible arrangements will su gest themselves to telephone engineers, ant the invention is not li nited to any specific means whereby long ste is of a switchs wiper may be produced and then short steps thereof by the actuation of a single magnet. I 4

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and reliable means whereby v 'rangenlent in vconnection with .which selector maybe "operated. I

a art by-suitable rings of insulating mate gether between the circular base 8 and 'the ably fastened at its two extremitiesjto' the rangementof the stop magnet audits stroke limiting pawl; F ig. 4' shows details of the;

- cally,the wiper arrangement .of the switch; 10.

' 86 and 19"; a second group inc uding contacts I ditional groups 18, 18, etc, are provided being shown in their normal positions enductively connected together, i but insulatingly mounted by pairs upon the wiper; shaft 105,10, of the driving electromagnet, the core of each spool having at its lower exother purposes my invention; F ig.2 illustratesa side view thereof, certainportions-of the mechanism bein omitted to show more clearly certain details; Fig. 3 illustrates an alternate ardriving pawl of the switch;- Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 illustrate, to a certain extent diagrammati- Fig. 19', comprising Parts 1 to 5 inclusive, illustrates a preferred form of circuit afi- Referring first to 1 to 8 inclusive, "ten groups of contacts are-indicated, the first group consistin -of ten contacts 18in eluded between the tweenoup contacts 18sp'aced between oontaets'19 and 19"3-the third group, including contacts 18" and adup to 18, the groups being separated from each other by the res ective between-group contacts 19, the. who e makinga circular contact'bank. In Fig. 2, wherein a portion; of the bank is. cut away and a sectional view afforded, 'it is seen that the contacts extend to-thc interior of the circle and are spaced rial, the whole being firmly clamped toring'BPtosecure rigidity." Five sets of wipers 111,11, 0, p, s, are illustrated in Fig. 2,

the-normal contacts 86, 87, 88 and he different pairs. of wipers are congagm 1, which is journaled to the baseplate 8' and to the bridge 8 which extends across the diameter of 'the contact bank and is remov' bank. The ratchet wheel'20' is rigidly at tached to the wiper shaft 1 and is adapted to be'driven in a clockwise direction by the driving pawl 6. i

.Upon the bridge 8 are mounted the spools tremity a pole-piece of the shape indicated at 9. The upper ends of the cores have screwed to them the bridge 24 of magnetic material which serves to increase the effectiveness of the magnetic circuit and for resently to be mentioned. The armature of the driving ma et is rigidly fastened to the armature sha t 1 which, at its lower extremity, extends into a suit-' ableorifice in the wiper shaft 1. The upper extremity of the armature shaft 1' is fitted into the slotted stu'd'23 so that the said shaft 1 is free to turn in the bearings at its upper andlower extremities. A spring 21 is provided, spiraled about the armature shaft 1,

one end of said spring being connected to the armature a .little to one side of the shaft 1, while the other end is fastened to the slotted stud 23 which extends through an orifice in the bridge 24. A. stirrup 23 embraces the stud 23 above and below .the bridge 2-4 andis threaded to receive the screw 25. To adjust the tension to be exerted by the spring 21 upon the'armature 3, the screw 25 niayZ-beloosened and the slotted stud 23 turned in such a way as to increase or decrease the tension of the spring. \Vhen the tension is properly-adjusted, the screw 25 may be screwed in to contact with the bridge :24, when the stud23 will be firmly held in its adjusted position by'the friction of 23.

a The shaft 1 is disposed between the spools -10, 10, one spool being omitted in Fig. 2 to' more clearly show the arrangement of the parts, and the armature 3 extends in its normal position shown transversely between the spools, its middle point beingrigidly' attached to the shaft 1. Toward its extremities, the armature has finger extensions reaching' to positions'adjacent to the concave fronts of the pole-pieces Q of the cores of the magnet spools 10, 10, while the armature 'ends exten'd beyond the finger extensions, the whole furnishing an arrangement well calculated to produce a strong initial pull when. the magnets are energized and to permitl a'jlong stroke of the armature. The spring 21 normally holds the armature 3 against the stop 4 which is threaded to a projection of-the bridge '8 and is provided with a suitable lock-nut.

A .generally triangular piece 13 is pro- 'vided, fastened to the contact bank by the bolts 15 and 16. This piece 13 supports the stop magnet 14 controlling the stroke limiting stop 5. It has also an upwardly extendmg arm to which is threaded the screw 12,

serving as a stop to limit the extent of actuation of the" driving pawl 6, when long stroke travel of the switch is being produced, said pawl 6 being pivotall associated with the arm 6 rigidly attacher .to the shaft 1. The pawl limiting stop 5 of Fig. 1 is normally below the path traversed by the pawl (3; andwhen magnet 14 is actuated, the stop 5 will be raised into the path of the pawl 6" and will so limit the strokeof the pawl and of the armature 3. The extension 17 of the piece 13 serves as an abutment for the stop 5 when the pawl 6 impacts upon it. In addition to the parts mentioned, the piece. 13 carries a post to which is pivoted the retaining pawl 7 having the pin 7 in the path of the return stroke of the armatu e G for the the bank, and the wipers, shafts andmagnet removed and a new set put in place.

The wipers and their shaft are separately removable from bridge '8 and magnet 10. The mechanism associated with the piece 13 is also self contained,.and in case any part thereof should get out of adjustment, the

bolts15, 16', maybe unfastened and the piece 13 -with its mechanism removed and another one substituted. .It is thusapparent that the switch as a whole is oomposedof' four mechanism.

self contained units, first of the bank proper, second the bridge 8 with its ciated driving magnet, third the shaft and wipers, and

fourth the piece 13 1 with "its The orifices in the piece .13, fitting about the bolts 15, 16; are not shaped to fit snugly are secured, the nuts contact,86.- The. piece 13 is then adjusted so thatarm 6 contacts with the pin-7f while quired.

the wiper is in correct normal alin'ement. Thenfstop 4A is adjustedso that when pawl 7 'fully, .fills the. tooth, the'pressuregof arm 6 upon pin '(f, or equivalent'devic, is re-' lieved, so as to. avoid unnecessary/f wear.

Then the stop 12 is adjusted by trial to per mit :of thecxact length of long step "re- The arrangeinents described for adjust ing purposes also admit of securing the correct separation of armature from" the pole pieces when the armature completes its long stroke, so as-to prevent any tendency to freeze by a tgocloseapproach to the pole pieces.

In the operation of the switch of Figs; 1 and 2, actuation of the magnet spools 10, 1O, magnetizes the pole-pieces 9 and attracts the extremities of the armature 3, Assum ing that this occuis while magnet it remains inert, a long stroke of the pawl 65 and of the armature 3 will. be produced, continuing until the. pawl 6" impacts upon stop 12. When current ceases through the spools 10, the pole-pieces 9 dc-magnetizc and the spring 21 restores the shaft 1 and the armature 3. By its engagement with a tooth of the ratchet 20, the pawl 6 will now haye effected a long step ofthe wipers m, 11., .0, p, s. removing them from normal over one entire group of contacts. The piece 6, on the retraction of the armature 3,engages the pin 7 upon the pawl 7 and holds the pawl 7 then firmly in whatever tooth of the ratchet 20 it rests at the conclusion of the wipers into alinem'ent with-the long stroke, thus cficctively preventing back movement of'the ratchet and wipers by jar when the armature and pawl 6 are retracted. Successive actuations offlthe spools 10 will operate as before tomove the wipers successive long steps from one group to the next-as long as the magnet 14 remains inert.

Assuming that sufficient longsteps of the wipers have been produced toselect the de-', siredg roup of'contacts, the magnet M'will be ,energizedto draw thestop 5 into the pathof the driving pawl 6, and further actuation-of the spools 10 will be produced. Each 'such actuation "will, however, owing to the stopo 5 being in l, produce a stepof the switch wipers the space'from one contact 18 to the next contact 18 of the selected group. Atthe conclusion of each such step,

the pawl 7 will slip over the top of a tooth of the ratchet 20 into engagementwith an adjacent tooth. -If, however, the pawl. 6 should be only actuatedsufiiciently to produce a partial short step, the 'pawL'T will not be engaging an adjacent tooth, but will be still partially filling the previously en gaged tooth of the ratchet 20f -Under these circumstances, on the retraction of armature 3, and upon theimpact ofarm 6 with the pin 7, the pawl 7 will be jammed intothe ratchet tooth,'--with which it is then associated, with force' sullicient to cause back movement of' the ratchet '20 coming the contacts previously engaged'by them, In Fig. 3 I have illustrated an alternate arrarigement of the stroke'limiting stop. In said Fig. 3, the stop 5 is normally in the path' of-the pawl 6, that is, when the stop magnet 14v is deenergized. 'When the structure of Fig. 3 is employed in assoeiation with .the driving magnet structures of Figs; 1 and 2, it is necessary to simultaneously energize the stop magnet 14 and the spools 10, 10, of the driving'inagnet when long step travel of the switch wipers is to'he produced. Then when short step travel is to be produced, magnet 14 is deeenergized and actuations of the spools 10, 10, then cause short steps of the switch. The pawl .5 is preferably provided toward its end with a forwardly projecting extension, as plainly shown at 5' in Fig. 1. Then if. the magnet 14 should deenergize while pawl G is in engagement with stop lgfthe saidextension will bear upon the rear portion of pawl Q and will be prevented from coming up behind said pawl and so preventing the proper v back stroke. Vl'hen the arrangement of Fig. 1 is employed, it is preferableio provide nonmagnetic spacers between the contacting surfaces of pawl 6 and the stop 5, since if both are made of magnetic materiahlas steel, there may be a certain tendency to stick or freeze. since the two engage when magnets 14 and 10 are both energized; Y hen, however, the arrangement of Fig. 3 is employed in which the-magnet 14 is denergized when pawl 6 and stop 5 are'engaging one another, there is no occasion whatever for such spacers.

As the circuit arrangement in Fig. 9 isdrawn out, the system illustrated has a capacity of ten thousand subscribers lines, first selectors F being provided for the purpose of selecting the thousands, second selectors G for selecting the hundreds; and connectors for selecting the tens and units.

T'I preferably employ one hundred point switches having their contacts arranged in ten groups of ten contact sets each.. Assuming ten thousand subscribers" lines, the lines,

. group of ten connectors would have direcj as tory numbers of the same-hundreds value. Fai rther, the multiple called contacts of the one hundred lines at their assigned con- -nectors would be arranged inten sub-groups of ten contact sets each, the position of each such sub-group as to the serial order in iwhich-their contacts will be engaged by the wipers of the connectors being determined by the tens value in the hundred.

For the one hundred groups of called lines, there will, therefore, be one hundred groups'of ten connectors each, making a thousand connectors in all. The one hundred connectors for the ten one hundred line groups, constituting the first thousand lines of theexchange, will have their contacts 204, 205, 206 multiplied at the banks of the second selectors G assigned for that.thousand;.and the multiple contacts of the connectors for the first hundred of the first thousand will constitute the first group of ten contacts of each second sclectorfor that thousand; the contacts for the connectors for the second hundred of the first thousand will constitute the second group of contacts of the second selectors for that thousand, and so on for the other groups for the first thousand. Corresponding connections will be made from the difi'erent groups of ten connectors of thehundreds of the other thousands to the second selectors assigned to those thousands. On the usual ten per cent trunking basis, there will, of course, be one hundred second selectors G for each thousand of the exchange and the contacts of the connectors will, therefore, if uniform multi plying be observed, be multiplied one hundred times, once at each second selector for the respective thousand.

Each second selector G is provided with multiple contacts 161, 162, 163, appearing selectors are, of course, common for connection with all subscribers inthe exchange.- On a ten per cent basis, there ,would be one thousand first selectors 'F and each such 158, 159, 160, ten groups of 'multiplecontacts, the contactsof each group being connected to the second selectors Gzfor a different thousand. There being onethousand dred thousand multiple contact sets 161, 162, 163 at the first selectors, so that each second selector G will have its contacts multiplied only at one-tenth of the first selectors Fin the usual course of multiplying.- 5 1 Each first selector F has permanently joined to .it a.l ine selector E before'whose wipers 2, 25,- 26, appear multiple contact sets of contacts may be called multiple calling contacts. The lines of the exchange, as calling lines, are dividedinto groups of one hundred; and on a ten'per cent, basis, the multiple calling contacts of each one hundred line group will bemulti lied'before the wipers 2,25, 26, of ten line so ectors'assigned to that group of lines as calling lines." Furhiindred line group would be divided into when an calling line initiates a call, a line selector will operate to select the group in which the calling line has its contact set included and then will multiple contacts of t e calling line wherebythe line selector E will have caused its paired with the calling line. After this, directive impulses will be transmitted from the calling line to cause the first selector to pick out a group of second selectors for the wanted thousand and then an .idle selector out of such group; thereafter directive impulses will adjust the secondidle selectors to pick out the group of connectors wanted and then an idle connector out of such group; whereaftcr the selected connector will be adjusted to pick out the required group of lines and then the required line out of such group.

In the diagram, Fig. 9, part 1,1 have illustrated a callingsubstation A connected by the line conductors 66 and 67 with a suitable line circuit arrangement at the exchange. The substation at A includes the customary switclvhook 59, normally holdin the callbell in an operativbridge of the line lnnbs and ada )ted, onthe removal of thereceiver to be lifted, disconnecting the ca-lLbellan operatively connecting the talking with the line. A calling device or dual (35 is provided, said calling device being normally in the banks of first selectors F, which first ther, the multiple-contact sets-ofeach one first selector F to be operatively connected first selector would havebeforeits wipers' Y first selectors F and one thousand second selectors G, there will-be a total of one hun- 18, 28, 29, of one hundred lines, which sets ten sub-groups of ten'contact sets each, and y pick out the individual;

material, which, when the dial is at normal as shown, holds the spring 64 disengaged from its associated spring. When the dial .is rotated by hand in the direction of the arrow, the said stud" frees spring 64 which,

by its te'nsion,'enguges its contact and makes connection iwith ground. When released, the dial rotates back tonormal; .and when it reaches this point, the said stud restores "spring 64 .to its normal relation shown. It is obvious that the rotation of dial 65 in the direction of the ar'rowhas no operative effect upon the springs 63 and 62. When, however, it is released, the teeth of insulating material operate to momentarily open contact 63as'many times as there have been 'teeth' brought below said spring. After the last tooth passe-s above spring 63, thetooth at the extreme left causes aimomentary opening of contact 62 whereafterl thecalling device'reaches normal and its motion is arrested. vVhile-the openings of circuit were being made at coritact 63in the line limb 67, it.is apparent that line limb 66 will be connected through contact 62 to ground through the contact of spring 64. Conversely, when the circuit of limb 66 is opened at contact 62. limb 67 will be grounded through contact 63 and spring 64. Also when the calling device reaches normal, a conductive brid e of line limbs 66 and67 will be established through the substation before contact 64 is opened, it

being remembered that the dial 65 is only operable when magnet 67 is energized and ma net 60 can only be energized when hookswitch 59 is in its alternate position.

It is-thus apparent that by-the operation of the dial 65, a calling subscriber can cause a number of sets of openings of line limb 67 at contact 63, while line limb 66 continues grounded, each set of openings of line limb 67 being necessarily followed by one opening of line limb 66, while limb 67 remains --grounded. By successful actuations of the dial 65, the calling subscriber is enabled to count out the digits comprising the number of the called subscriber and the various openings of line limbs 66 and 67 cooperate with the directively operable switches at the exchange in completing the connection with the called-for line.

As before indicated, the lines, as calling lines, are dividedinto groups. of one hundred by having their multiple contacts grouped at the exchange before the line selectors. The ten line selectors E for each such group of one hundred lines are preferably not constantly operating devices, but are normally at rest, their wipers having a fixed or normal position. For starting an idle line selector E when a call is initiated, a master switch mechanism D is provided, one for the one hundred lines, including wipers 80, 81, 82, having before them contacts 83, 84, 85, one such set being provided for each line selector of a one hundred line group. Each line of a group has its line relay 43, and a common 4 one to each of the line relays of one hundred lines whereby any calling line of the one hundred may control the master-switch D to start an idle line selector. Each line, in addition to its line relay 43 individual to it, has its cut-off relay '51, the latter being employed to render the line relay inoperative when the line is connected with it. I

As before indicated, the multiple contacts 18, 28, 29, of the one hundred lines of a group of calling lines, are divided into ten groups of ten contact sets each at the line selectorbanks, whereby the one hundred lines are.divided into ten sub-groups of ten lines each. Each such sub-group has a subgroup relay 47, 47 or 47, etc, and a subgroup contact 31*, 31 or 31, etc, appearing before the group selecting wiper 27 of the line selectors E. The group relay 47 of each sub-group has an armature 49 co'ntrolling the electrical condition of the group contact 31 and an urnmture 48 which cooperates with the constantly traveling interrupter l and with the masteuswitch mechanism D in starting an idle line selector E. Each such group relay 47 is connected by a common conductor 50 having ten branches, oneextending to each line relay of its sub-group, so that the line relay of any line of a sub-group can control the respective group relay.

The common interrupter I is provided having two pairs of segmentsfill, 69, and 70, 71 and the grounded wiper 72 is constantly traveling over the segments at a rapid rate, successively grounding them. The segments and 6S)- are connected to a common conductor 38 which has branches extending to arniatures 108 of the relays 10 1 of the different line selectors E and the interrupter is employed, among other uses, to transmit currents over the conductor 38 to operate the windings IQ of the driving magnets 10 to produce the long-step travel of the switches E. In order to prevent a winding 10 from being actuated by a partial impulse over'wire' 38, whereby but a partial long step of a switch Emight be produced. the circuit at eachlswitch E is so arranged I that its relay 104, which controls the contact 108, in the circuit of winding can be actuated only by current through one of .the segments 71 or 71 of theinterrupter I. By

, this arrangement, no current can be passedgroup relays were operated, whereby such operation of the line and group relays, which may occur at-a time when the wiper 72 is about to pass ofi a. segment 69-01 69", is ineffective to producea wrong operation of the line selector E by causing it to make a partial long step. The seleetorshown in Figs. 1; to 8, inclusive, is more specifically a line selector. For the first and second selectors .and for the connector, the stop ma dicated in Fig. 3 is pre erably employed, the said arrangement being the one in which the awI 5 is normally in engaging relation with .the pawl 6'. v

While I have, in Fig. 9, at E, shown the circuit-closers or wipers 2, 2, 25, 26 and 27 diagrammatically, as connected directly with the conductors of the'line selector E, I have preferred, 'in the mechanical switch structure, to terminate-the conductors,

- shown connected to the said'wipers in Fig.- 9, in stationary contacts while the switch wipers themselves in the mechanical structurehave, in themselves, no circuit connection, but act merely to close conductive bridges between bank contacts with which 40 they are associated. The electrical equivalency of the arrangement shown in Fig. 9,

to those shown in Figs. 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8, will be apparent. In Fig. 2, five sets or pairs of wipers m, n, o, p and s are indicated, mountswitch shaft 1. Referring now to Figs. 5

to 8 inclusive, when the wipers are in their normal positions, they will be engaging respectively the contacts 86,. 87, 88 and 31;

By referring now. to Fig. 9, it will be apparent that when wipers m are in their normaljpos'ition, they close the off-normal contact 86 to its associated contact, thus producing the normal circuit condition of contact 86 shown in Fig. 9. Similarly, when wipers 'n and 0 are in their normal positions, they close, respectively, the oH-normal contacts 87 and 88 to their respective associated contacts as indicated in Fig. 9. It is also apparent that'when shaft 1 is caused to make its first step, each of these otlnormal contacts 86, 87, 88 will be opened, wiper n then closing the off-normal contact 89 to ground, the said contact continuing closed to ground until the wiperhas completed its et arrangement ined one pair above the other upon the main revolution and is restored, while the other off-normal contacts remain open until the line selector reaches normal.

The private w'iper.2, indicated in Fig. 9, is, in its mechanical embodimentas shown in Fig. 5, represented by the conductively joined segments 2, while the contacts 18 are those adjacent to the said segments. .The

"between-group contacts 19, etc., are plainly indicated in Fig. 5, and the wiper 2 is represented by the contact 2 of Fig. 5, whereby the wiper min a between-group positionconductively bridges or .closes a contact 192. 1

In F i 7, the common strip 25, which extends circularly complete except 'for the break at the off-normal contact 88, represents the wiper 25, while its adjacent sets of contacts 28 represent the multiple contacts of Fig. 9; and the same arrangementas that shown in Fig. 7 is employed for the wiper 26 and the contacts .29 as indicated by I the alternate referencecharact ers given in Fig. 7. The ring 27 in Fig. 8 is the equiv'alent of wiper 27 in Fig. 9. The wiper a has a between-group position closing contacts 27-31, 27-31", just as indicated in Fig. 9, while the grounded segments of Fig. 9 are plainly indicated in Fig. 8.

It will be understood that switches of the .eeneral character; shown in the mechanical figures are used for the first and second so: lectors and connectors, commons being employed for the, wiper contacts shown-in Fig. 9. the switch wipers thus being. as in the case of the line selector, without circuit connec 7 tions in themselvesand being used to cross the commons to theprivate contacts and .the line contacts. The off-normal switch arrangements of the first selector, second S6- lector and connector will be secured in the manner obvious from the description given of the ofi-normal arrangements of'the line selector and need not be specifically referred to.

The detail of the circuit arrangementsof Fig. 9 will best'be understood when explained in connection'with a description of p the operation of the system and will now be described it being assumed that A is a calling subscriber and desires his line to be connected with that of the subscriber whose substation is 'ndicated at C and whose number will be assumed to be 2222.

Subscriber A, by removing his receiver to initiate a call, establishes a path for a flow ofcurrent from ground'through line relay 43, through contacts 52,63, the substation transmitter, the raised hook-lever 59,

through magnet 60, closed contact 62, over The flow f current'throughthe substation I been brought into operative relation withv the first selector F. It will be seen that the multiple contacts 18 of the calling line are grounded over conductor 32 and through normal contacts 53- and 46 as long as the line circuit of A is at normal, the said multiple contacts 18 being thus normally'unselectable at the line'selector. Attracted armature 46, however,-removes ground from the contacts '18, thus rendering them selectable, and grounds the common conductor 50 energizing the group relay 47, which, by armature 49, removes ground from the group contact 31". 'As' soon as wiper 72 engages one of the seg ments 69 or, 69*, a circuit is completed from ground through attracted armature 48 over attracted armature 76, armature 79, wiper 82 of master-switch D-(wipers 80, 81, 82 of the master-switch D normally engaging contacts 83, 84, 85 of an idle line selector E; through contact 85 of such idle line se ector, over conductor 39, closed off-normal contact-86, normal contact 114;

and the relay 90 to battery B, energizing the said relay 90. Since, as indicated by the location of the multiple contact 31' normally engaged by the wiper 27, the calling line is included in the first subgroup of ten, no long steps of the line selcctor E are required to be made to select the calling line in the present case, so that the winding 10' of magnet 10 is not employed; but the stopmagnet 14 must be actuated at once and circuit must be closed through the short-step winding 10 to initiate the short-step travel of the switch. On the energization of relay 90, circuit is closed as follows: from battery B, through magnet 14, through relay 97, contact 109, attracted armature 95, wire 127, normal contact 87, conductor 39 and to ground at segment G9 or 69, through interrupter I Attracted armature 93 has closed one break in the circuit of winding 10'-' and magnet 14 is now actuated to close the second break therein and to throw the stop pawl into op erative relation with the mechanism of magnet 10. Circuit may now be traced from ground through generator 9, winding 10 attracted armature of relay 14, alternate contact 93 to ground and magnet 10 will now be actuated by successiveimpulses from enerator 9 until the relay 90 is dener- 1:. gized, each actuat on of magnet 10 productaining to an idle line selector;

ing a short step of wipers 2, '2, 25, 26

and 27.

It will be noted that on the first step of the switch E, the off-normal, ON, contacts were shifted to alternate positionwhereby elect-romagnets l4 and: 97 were locked to ground via contact 89 by meansof the attracted armature 100. Armature 103 of re- Y lay 97 has nowT-connected the winding of relay 90 through alternate contact 94 and normal contact 116 with the'lprivatewipe'r 2 of the line selector, and" since, on the'first step of the'line selector, contacts 86- and 87 are opened, the relay 90 now depends for its continued energization upon the grounded contacts 18 to be encountered by wiper 2 as the wipers progress in their short-steptravel. Contacts 18 of non-callinglines will I be grounded at armature 46 of their :respective line relays 43, and since wiper 2 engages a new contact 18 before leaving the previously engaged-one, relay 90 will continue energized until the switch" wipers in their travel have reached a point where wiper 2 engages a ungrounded contact 18,

such being one pertaining to the calling line.

At this tune, circuit through relay 90 Wlll obviously be opened, the relay .'will become denergized and its armature- 93' being retracted, will prevent'furtheractuations of windin 10 of magnet 10, and the wipers of the ine selector will come to rest; the wipers 2, 2-5 and 2 6-engaging,respectively, the multiple contacts 18,i 28 .a d- 29f ffth (Falling line,that' of On the retraction of armature 93, ground' -jis placed, via normal contact 93, alternate"'contact 102 and contact 111, upon the"conductor- 40 extending to the private contact84 at .the master switch D', through its private wiper 81-and to battery through operating relay 74, energizing said operating relay,-which opens contacts 78 and 79 to prevent any possibleground upon wipers 80 or 82. The a-rmature 77 closes circuit forgencrator g through motor-magnet .M of the masterswitch. W'ipers 80,81, 89, being mounted upon a rotary shaft in operative relation' with the driving magnet. M, are rotated step by step in search of cont-acts 83, 84, 85, per- Contacts 84 of line selectors in use will be connected to ground andrelay 701 will continue energized, holding contact 77 closed until the master- 'switch wipers engage the contacts of an idle line selector, at which time thecircuit for relay 74 will be' open, the relay de'e'nergized, its armature retracted, and wipers 80, 81, 82, will rest engaging the contacts 83, 84, 85, of such idle line selector and ready to start the same when another call is initiated from one of the lines of the group that the master-switch D serves.

As soon as relay 90 was first operated, it closed alternate contact 91 whereby a flow of current was produced from the positive side of battery A, Fig. 9, Part 3, through relay PR, normal contact at 169, over con-' ductor 120, conductor 123, normal contact 115, onductors 122, 121, normal contact 172, relay SR to the active side of battery 13*, relays PR and SR being thereby energized.

'. When, now, relay 90' is denergized as de dl'ictor 32, contact 182, closed contacts 103,. 116, andnormal contact 94 to ground. The

scribed, current will findits .way from bat tery A. through relay PR, normal contact 91, contact -28, conductor 33, normal contact 53, cut-elf relay 51 of the calling line A to battery, said relay 51 thereonenergizingand, by the closure of contact 53-53, locking itself to ground over conground at 94, placedupon the multiple contacts 18' through the wiper 2, has madev the contacts of the callin line unselectable'to other line'selectors. ince'the armature 54 opens the circuit'of relays 43 and 73, normal contact45 is again closed and the ground on'conductor 32 is extended through said normal contact 45 to the multiple private.

contacts 56 of the line A at the-connectors,

holdingathem grounded and unselectable.-

The-said multiple contacts 56 were, on the initial operation of relay 3, grounded by attra'cted armature 45 so that the calling line washeld busy against incoming callsduring' the travel of the line selector E. f g 1 On the actuation of relay 51, a c'rcuit for relay was continued-over conductor 67, current finding its return through conductor 66, .conducipr 34, contact 2926; contact 96,

conductor 121, to battery B. through relay SR, whereby relays PR and SR have a substitute circuit completed for them upon the deinergization of relay 90 at line selector E- without either of them ermitting at any time the retraction of their armatures.

It is now apparent that the calling line has, by the operation of the line selector'E.

had connected to it the relays PR and SR of the first selector F, paired with the line selector that was operated, andthe said relays arenow controllable by means of the. dial at the calling substation, which dial ployed to cause the line selectors wipers to select the sub-group in which the calling line is included; whereafter the short-step windlay will ing 10 is employed to select the individual contacts of the calling line out of the selected group. The wire 39 employed to start the line selector E, when the calling line is in the first group as hereinbefore described, is not employed when the calling line is in any other subgroup than the first, the wire41 being the starting other.sub groups;

I have "hown at 47. a sub-.g r dhp relay for wire for all the second sub-group, and at 47" a subgroup relay for tha third sub-group. The common conductor 50' has branches to alternate contacts 16 of the ten line relays of the second sub-group, and thecomrnon conductor 5O has branches to the alternate contacts 16 of the ten line rela s of-the-third subgroup, and it will e understood that there will be other sub-group relays 50, 50, etc, for the fourth, fifth, etc to the tenth sub-groups with corresponding connections similar to those of relays. 47 and 47". The conductor 36 at relay/17 connects with the conductor 36 of Fig. 9, Part 2, connectin' to the-'multiple sub group contacts 31" o the second sub-group; so theconductor 37, associated with relay'4c7l, conwhich is in connection. with t e multiple sub-group contacts .31 of'the thirdsubgroup; a fourth sub-group contact 31 of nects to the conductor 37 of F i 9, Part 2,

Fig. 9, Part 2, of'the fourth sub-j cup is shown, audit will be, of course, un erstood that; although but four sub-group contacts 31 are shown associated with the wiper 27,

there will in fact be ten such contacts, a corresponding number of sub-group relays 47,

and a correspondin number of grounded segments for the w per 27; also, that although but three contacts 19 are shown associated' with the wiper 2 of 9, Part 2,

there will be nine such betweengroup contacts.

It bein now assumed that the calling line is in the Srird sub-group, the one having the sub-group relay 47", the removal of the receiver at the substation" will operate the line rela 43 of such callin line, which re-. lock in series-with t e master-switch relay 73, as before; The armature 146 of such line relay will remove the. ground from the individual multiple contacts 18 of the calling line in the third sub-group at the 11110 selectors, and will close-circuit to operate the sub-grou relay 47" by current over the com mon con uctor 50", while armature 45 will groundthe multiple private contacts 56 at the connectors to render'thern busy. The operated sub-group relay 47", by armature 49", removesground from the conductor 37 and from multiple sub-group contacts 31 at .the line selectors E. Armature 48" closes a bridge between conductors 70 and 75 As soon as the interrupter wiper 72 is disconnected from one of the segments 69 or 69 and makes connection with one of the segments 71 or 71, circuit will be closed from ground over the conductor 70, closed contact 48", conductor 75*, contacts 75, 78, 8083, conductor 41 of the line selector engaged by wiper 80, through contacts 88, 98, and relay 104 to battery B, the relay 104 locking itself by armature 107 to ground "ia wiper 27, multiple contact "31' of the first subgroup and contact 49, the relay 47 being unoperated because the call is not that of theline of the first subgroup. With the operation of relay 104, the relay 90 is energized by current through attracted armature'105. The stop magnet 14 and relay-97 are, however, not operated at this time, con tact 109'being open. When, now, wiper 72 of interrupter I passes' over contact 69 or 69, current impulses will fiow over the con: ductor 38, through contacts 108, 101, and winding 10"of magnet-10 to battery, and obviously, the continued travel of wiper 72 and successive actuations of winding 10' will be produced as long as contacts 108, 101 remain closed.' The first impulse through wind-ing10' effects a long step of the wipers 2, 2325, 26'and 27 (the stop magnet 14 not havingbecnenergized as men-. tioned) and at the end of this first step, of course, the wiper 2% will be engaging the grounded contact 19, the wipers 2, 25 and 20 will be between the first and second groups of their respective contacts 18, 28

and 29, and the wiper 27 will be engaging the multiple roup contact 31" of the second sub-group. ince a line of the second subgroup is not calling, relay 47 will be inert,- conductor 36 will be grounded at armature 49, and the rclay.104 .will continue energized by current through attracted armature 107, contacts 27, 31 conductor 36, contact 49 to ground. -VVith the continued rotation of interrupter arm 72, another impulse will be caused to flow through the winding 10 of magnet 10, and a second long step of the wiper -will be effected, at which time wiper 2 will engage contact 19, wiper 27 will engage contact 31, and wipers 2, 25, 20 will be adjacent to the third group of multiple contact sets. Contact 31 having been ungrounded .-by the operation of armature 49" of relay 47 of the third subroup, circuit for relay 104 is opened and the relay is deenergizccl, its armature 108. preventing further actuations'of winding 10 of interrupter I.

It vill be, of course, understood that the of) .ormal contacts 86,87, 88 and 89 were all shifted to their alternate circuit conditions on the initial step of the switch, the opening of contact 88 making relay 104 entirely dependent upon circuit through the switch started.

On the (leenergization of relay 104, relay wiper 27 for .its continued encrgization after.

106 and 89 to ground, whereon armature 100 of relay 97 closes a locking circuit to ground at closed contact 89. As described in connection with the selection or the calling lineinthe first sub-group magnet 14 has now thrown the stop into has attracted its armature" to close circuit from generator g through the short-step winding 10 to ground through alternate contact 93. Onthe first actuation of winding 10*, the resulting first shortstep of the wipers will open contact'2"-'-19" so that the relay 90 will thereon depend for its'contin- 'ued energization upon circuits extending through'alternate contact- 94, contact 116,

initing position and,

contact 103, through the private wiper 2 and tci ground upon multiple eontacts 18 of non-calling lines. Relay 90 will therefore continue energized until wiper 2 engages the multiple contact 18 of the .calling line, which contact will be ungrounded, due' to the attracted condition of armature 46 of line relay -43 of such calling line, deenergizing the rela 90, and the armatu'res of said relay will be retracted, wh'ereof 93 will open the'circuit of winding 10 and wipers 2, 25

and 26 will rest engaging the. multiple .con

tacts 18, 28, 29, ofthe calling line-of the third sub-group. At this time, of course, the wiper 2 will be somewhere between contacts 19 'and 19 and wiper 27 will be in engagement with the grounded c'o'ntact segment between contacts 31 a'nd'31; but since armature 107 was retracted before-wiper 27 engaged such grounded segment, the relay 104 is inert.

It will be observed that the alternatecontact at 91 caused the preliminary circuit of relays PR and SR to be closed during both the long and short step travel of the line selector E. 'From the time the calling line ,in the third sub-group is selected, the operations'involved in" holding energized the relays PR and SR, the energization of cut-off relay 51 which results of course in the deenergization of relays 43, 73 and of sub-group relay 47",and the moving along of the master-switch wipers 80, 81, 82, proceed in the manner before described.

The selection of calling lines in the second, fourth,,fifth and other sub-groups, other than the first, will be effected in a manner apparent frdm the description of the selection of a line in the third sub-gloup, the operation being like that given except as to the point at which the relay 104 finds an ungrounded sub-group contact 31.

Returning now to the description of the connection between the callin I line A in the first-sub-group and the calle line B, numbered 2222, the subscriber at A operates his .dial 65 to cause two breaks in the circuit relay LR, by armature 148, locking itself to' groundthrough contact 170, conductor 118 i and contact 112. It will be remembered .that in the directively operated switches such as first selector F, the winding of the stop magnet is normally in the stroke-limiting position. On the energization of relay LR, the stop nia gnct'l i has a terminal of its winding connected, respectively, to battery B and to ground through contacts 150 and 144. Said magnet is, however, unenergized until afterv the relay PR is again operated at the'conclusion of the first break in line limb 67, for the reason that the winding of magnet 14" is, while relay PR continued denergized, short-circuited to ground through contact 135, contacts 140, 131 and 132. When, however, the break at contact 63 of substation A isclosed and line limb 67-, is thereby grounded via contacts 63,.64,

relay PR energizes, and the opening of contact 131' removes the short-circuit about magnet 14 and the said magnet energizes,

withdrawing the stop and, by armature 135, closing the long-step winding 10 of the private ma et lo to connection via armature'140w1th the contact of armature 131. The second deenergization of relay PR, which now follows, closes circuit from ground through contacts 132, 131, .140, alternate contact 135, winding 10 to battery and the magnet/10 thereon effects a long step of wipers 158, 159, 160, from engagement with the firstset of multiple contacts 161,

the-opening of line limb 162, 163, of ten such sets assigned for connection'to the first thousand of the exchange, to engagement with the first contact set 161, 162, 163', of thesecond group of contact sets, such sets being connected to second selectors G for the second thousand of the exchange.

Having thus selected the group of second selectors, one of which is required to, complete the desired connection to line; 2222, the wipers 158, 159, 160, are now oved through short-step travel to select thli contacts of an idlesecond selector'of the second group. This is effected in response to 66 at substation A, while line 67 remains grounded, which inimediately follows the last opening of limb 67, as described. Thereby rela'y SR will be deenergized while relay PR remains operated, and an impulse of current will fiow from ground through contacts 130, 133, 149 and locking relay LR to battery, which relay, by armature 142, locks itself to ground at shifted off-normal contact 137%. Armature 140, of course, disconnects the winding 10 of inagnet 10" from-the upper talking conductor while armature 145 connects the winding of relay BR, via alternate contact 151, with the private wiper 158 of the first selector. Armature 144 deenergizes the stop magnet 14, and the retraction of its armature ensues, whereby the stroke-limiting stop is placed in the path of the armature-actuated pawl of magnet 10. Vipers 158, 159, 160, having, by the long step of the switch, been moved into cngagemept with the first contact step 161, 162, 163*,sh01t-step travel of the switch F will'be initiated only in case the first contact set 161, 162, 1635 has already been rendered busy by some other first selector, in which case the private contact 158161 will be grounded. Assuming, first, that the first contact set is busy, current will flow from the grounded multiple contact 161 to wiper 158, attracted arma hires-151, .145, relay BR and through resistance 'r to battery, actuating the said relay BR before relay150 has time to attract its armatures over a circuit which would be established, butfor the energization of relay BR, via attracted armature 143, normal contact 138 to ground through normal contact 136. Attracted armature 139 has nowconnected the generator circuit of the shortstep windinglO to ground via alternate contact, 144; and stop magnet 1 being deenergized and the stop in, short steps of the wipers 150, 159, 160 will be produced as long as the relay by successive circults established via wiper 158 and busy-.that is, grounded,-contacts 161; As soon as the wi ers of the first selector-engage the multip e contacts of an idle second selector G, the contact 161' will be ungrounded, relay BR will have its cir-' cuit opened and its armature will be attracted, armatures 139 preventing furtheractilations of magnet 10 while armature 138 will close a circuit as follows: from battery -B, "through relay 150", attracted armature 143, normal contact 138, normal contact 136, to ground whereby relay 150 is energized and attracts its armatures, whereof armatures 151 and 154 extend the talking conductors of the first selector to wipers 159, 160, now at rest engagin' con tacts 162, 163, of an idle second se ector. Armature 153'places ground upon'wiper 158, whereby the multi le private contacts of the selected second. sel ector=are held busy. A circuit is thenestablished from ground, through attracted armatures 153, 151,-1 45,

BR remains energized and through relay BR and resistancer to battery, but this circuit is ineffective to energize the relay BR because of a short-circuit at this time extending from poiht 156 to point 155, through contacts 146 and 152, which prevents sufficient current flowing through the relay BR to energize the same.

Had the first set of contacts 161, 162' 163? been idle insteadmf busy, the; absence of ground upon private, contact 161. would have reyented the flow OfenergiZing'current or,.relay BR at the time its winding was, by the operationiof armature .145, connected'tothe wiper 158. Owing to the continued deenergization of relay BR, no-circuit for winding 10 is completed and relay 150 is at'once operatedvia contact 143, normal contacts 138 and-136 to ground, the operation of the said relay 150 having the effects before mentioned,that of grounding the multiple contactsof the second selector engaged by wiper 158, that of closing circuit throughrelay BR, and that of establishing a short-circuit about the one closed so that relay BR remains unoperated. j

A clear circuit has now been established from condensers 173, 174,,through contacts 151, 154 tothe Wipers 159, 160, and the idle contacts 162 163 and to the mechanism of the second selector G, assumed to be the one selected, which is now ready to be operated in'response to the second set of denergizae tions o'frelays PR and SR to be produced by subscriber A by the further actuation of its calling device. Before proceeding with this, however, it is in order to refer to the normal position of wipers 158, 159, 160, is

one in which they rest engaging the first contact set of the first group of second selectors. To cause selection of idle contacts of the first group, the calling subscriber would operate his dial to cause one denergization of relay PR- followed by one of relay SR. The deenergization of relay PR would, as before mentioned, result in the operation of locking relay LR and the locking thereof as before described, and the actuation of the stop magnet 14* would follow as soon as the sl'iort-circuit about its winding at armature 135 was removed on the subsequent energizationot relay PR. The deenergization of relay SR, following the single decnergization of relay PR, results in the energization of locking relay LR, as eforc described, the said relay now locki g itself, however, v a armature 142, contact MI -137, contactll'? and over cond'uctor' scribed and the selection ofidle contacts is effected in the same manner as that before described, in case the first cont-act set, that normally engaged bywipers 158, 15.), 160,

has been rendered busy. -However, if the first contact set is idle at the time the relay 'LR is operated, relay BR receives no current and relay 150 is immediately energized, as before described, by its armature 153 placing ground upon the first contactset that is now assumed to be idle. It is thus seen that when acalling subscriber desires to be connected with a subscribers line in the first thousand of the exchange, and if the first contact set of that thousand be idle, the first selectorthat is connected with the calling line is on a contact set of an idle second selector, and the impulses transmitted to the first selector, while producing the proper changes in the electrical circuit of-the switch, do not cause any travel of the switch wipers at all.

' The calling subscriber at A now actuates his dial to produce breaks in the circuit of limb 67 corresponding tofthesecond digit 'ofthe called subscribers number, namely, two breaks, whereby relay PR will be twice deenergized and 'two impulses of current. will be transmitted from ground through contacts 132 131, 151", 1591G2, conductor 165, contact 184-, locking 'relay LR- to battery B, relay LR energizing and, by armature 180, locking itself to ground at the first selector F via conductor 164, contact 162158, through points 155, 156 and armature 153. Armature 182 connects battery through resistance 7", stop magnet l t to ground via normal contact 187, but magnet 14" is not actuated by current over this circuit until after relay PR is operated at the conclusion of its first decnergization, a short circuit about the winding of magnet 14- extending via contact 183 and to ground through contacts 131 and 132 as long as relay PR is deenergized. \Vith the removal of this short-circuit, however, magnet 1% attracts its a'rmatures andwvithdraws the limiting stop, armature 167 connectin the long step winding 10 of driving'magnet 10 to conductor 165, via contact 183. The first impulse transmitted from conductor 1G5, therefore, produces no steps of the wipers 201, 202, 203, and they remain engaging the first contact set 204, 205, 206 of their first glUJI) of connectors, this being the normal position of the wipers. The second dcenergization of relay PR transmits a current' impulse over the before-traced path through conductor 165,through normal Contact 183,

alternate contact 167, longstep winding 10" and to battery B" whereby a long step of wipers 201, 202, 203 is produced and they are brought to engage the. first. et of o tacts 204, 205, 206, of the group connected to connectors for the second'hundred lines of the second thousand. I

After the second deenergizationof relay PR, a single deenergization of relay SR will, of course, be produced and an impulse of current transmitted from ground through contacts 130, 133, 154,160, 163*,over conductor 160, contact 181, and locking relay LR to battery B, the said relay LR then locking itselfto ground at shifted ofi-normal contact'lQO. Attracted armature 185 connects the winding of relay BR, via alternate contact 178 to wiper 201 and the en gaged contact 204 of the first set of the second group. Assuming'first that the set belongs to a busy connector, it will be understood that the relay BR will be operated and armature 192 willprevent actuation of the relay 193v upon the denergization of magnet 14", which occurs as soon as arms ture 187 of relay LRv was attracted. Stop magnet14 being 'deenergized and its. stop in, short steps of the second selectors G will be produced by current pulsations" through the short-step winding 10 attracted .armature 191' and alternate contact 187 to ground as long as relay BR remains operated, in which condition said-relay will remain bycurrent via wiper 201 and to ground through successive contacts 204, multiple terminals of busy connectors, untilthe wipers 201, 202 and 203 engage contacts 204, 205 and 206 of an idle connector. The contact 204" then engaged will be ungrounded, relay BR' will be deenergized, and. its armature 191 will prevent further actuations of the winding 10 where-- by the switch wipers stop. Relay 193 now operatesiby current through attracted armature 188, normal contact 192 and normal contact 168 to ground. Armature 195 of relay 193 connects ground to the private multiple contacts 204" of the selected connector of the second group, circuit being traced through wiper 201., points 199 and 200, attracted armature 195, attracted armature 177 of relay LR to ground. The winding of relay BR is connected from battery ,at this time through alternate contacts 185, 178 and 200 with ground at attracted armature 177, but current over this path does not sufficiently energize the relay BR to cause it to attract its armatures because of the short circuit extending around ts winding from point 198 through attracted armatures 190 and 200 to ground.

Had. the first contact set of the second group been idle, the private contact 204 would have been ungrounded and relay BR would have received no energizing current.

The relay 193 would, therefore, have immediately operated upon the-energization of locking relay LR and the attraction'of its armature 188, by current through normal contact 192 and to ground through contact 168 as soon as the magnet 14 deenergized, the

relay 193 then placing ground upon the multiple'contact 204,;as before described, and closing circuit through relay BR with the accompanying short circuit to render it inelfective as described.

Had the calling subscriber desired his line to be connected with that of a subscriber included in the first-hundred group of the second thousand, no long step of the wipers 201,- 202, 203, would have been produced, 'when relay PR was deenergized a single time. When relay SR was'therea'fter deenerg'ized, the busy relay BR would have been connected to the. private wiper 201, and if the first contact set of the first group had been busy, the first selector would have started on short-step travel, in a manner obvious from what has preceded, to select idle contacts of the first group. Iff'the first contact set of the first group had been idle, no travel of the wipers 201, 202, 203, would have been occasioned for reasons similar to those explained' in connection with the first selector circuit diagram.

By the energization of relays LRand LR and 193, a clear circuit has beenestab: lished from condensers 173, 174, at F over the conductors 165, 166, towipers 202, 203, and the multiple contacts 205, 200 of the selected connector, assumed'to be. the one shown at H, and over its wires 208, 209, to. the mechanism thereoi,

The calling subscriber A now operates lns 'dial 65 to produce two denergizations of relay PR, representing the third digit in the called subscribers number, which deenergizations will be followed by thesingle de-" energization of SR. On the first de'elnergization of relay PR, a current impulse is transmitted from grounds over a beforetraced circuit to conductor 165, thence via contacts 194, 202 205, wire 208, normal contact 219 locking relay LR to battery B, which relay operates and, by armature 21 4, locks itself to ground over the private conductor 207. Armature 216 of relay LR connects battery B through stop magnet 14 with ground, but the stop magnet cannotbe energized to withdraw the stop pawl of driving magnet 10 until a short circuit at closed tiple contacts of lines numbered from 2221- to 2229 consecutively, followed by contacts of line 2220.

- After the second impulse over conductor 208, a deenergization of'relay SR will transmit an impulse pver conductor 209, through attracted armature 215, locking relay LR to battery, and said locking relay by armature 220 connects its winding to ground at the shifted off-normal spring contact 211. Attracted armature 221 immediately opens the circuit of stop magnet 14 and the said magnet is dener'gized, its retracted armature moving the stop pawl to the strokelimiting osition;

The su scriber A now actuates the dial 65 to' produce two openings in the circuit of line conductor 67, followed by one in the line conductor 66. The first break in conductor 67, ofcourse, denergizes relay PR and an impulse is transmitted from ground over conductor 208, apart of the current flowing throu h alternate contact 218 and locking relay R which energizes, and by armature 224, locks to ground at alternate contact 217. The rest of this first impulse flows through alternate contact 219, contact 212, contact 241 andthe winding 10 of magnet 10, causing an" actuation thereof; and since stop payl is in a first short step of wipers 249, 250, 251, is produced. A Second impulse, transmitted over conductor 208 by the second deenergization of relay PR, passes over the last traced circuit including alternate contact 219 and the winding 10 of relay 10, and a second short step of the wipers is produced, which will then engage the second contacts of the second group, the said contacts being multipleterminals of line 2222 connected to substation C. A final deenergization of relay SR, occurring by the opening of line conductor 60, now transmits .a current impulse over conductor 209,

through contact 223, contact 239, the upper winding of test relay TR and to battery, energizing the said relay. Upon the attraction of its armature 235, the lower winding of the relay TR is connected from battery, through .contact 225, alternate contact 235, to the test or private wiper 249, now engaging the multiple contact 56 of the called-for line. When relay TR energized, armature 236 actuated the relay 238 which, by armature 240, locked itself to ground at alternate contact 217, the armature 239 opening the initial energizing circuit of relay TR. Assumin first that the called-for line is idle, the said multiple contact 56 will be connected with the active side of battery B as shown, and since the lower winding of relay TB is also connected with the active side of said battery, the relay becomes ,denergized and its armatures are retracted. On the retraction of the armatures of relay TR, a circuit is completed as follows: from grotind, through the relay 226, attracted armature 242, normal contact 235, contact 249-56, normal'contact 45 ofthe called line and to battery through cut-off relay 51, actuating the said relay which, by armature 53, puts ground from contact 56' upon the con- .ductor 32 leading to the private banks at "the line selectors, whereby the called-for line remains unselectable at the lineselectors. The ground upon the multiple contact 56 from relay 226 renders the called multiple contacts 56, 57 58 of the called line busy with respect to the other connectors having.

access to them. l

The winding of relay 248 now has its circuitclosed from ground, through the constantly rotating interrupter If, attracted armature 228, said relay 248 to battery, and relay 248 will be alternately energized and deenergized with the travel of the interrupter I, alternately connecting wiper 250,with generator 9 when energized, and with relay 231 when denergized; The substation bell will ring when generator 9 is connected with the wiper 250, the' circuit being traced through contact 57 over line limb 67, through callfbell and condenser at the substation, returning oi'er conductor 66,.

contact 58, 251', armature 229 and impedance 230 to battery. The interrupter-s I and I are preferably mounted upon the same shaft so that their travel is synchronous, and the interrupter I will disconnect the generator 9 from the called line and substitute therefor a short-circuit to ground a short period before each denergization of relay 248 occurring with the rotation of the interrupter I. This arrangement is to Secure a discharged condition of the line circuit before the relay 231 is placed in connection therewith, in order to, with certainty, prevent said relay from being actuated by current discharges from the telephone line andbefore the called subscriber removes his receiver.

The called subscriber, in answering his call, removes his receiver and hook-lever 59 is raised to alternate position, closing a conductive bridge through the substation. As

soon as this occurs and relay 231 is, by re-L traction of armature 248, connected with the'wiper 250, circuit may be traced from ground through said relay, contact 227, normal contact 248, contact 25057 over conductor 67, through the transmitter and the inductance of magnet 60 of 

